Comments on: Backyard Astronomy….Mars, Venus, & Saturn Visible Tonight http://4029weather.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/backyard-astronomy-mars-venus-saturn-visible-tonight/ An In-Depth Look At The River Valley and Northwest Arkansas’ Weather and more Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:48:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dburgoyne http://4029weather.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/backyard-astronomy-mars-venus-saturn-visible-tonight/#comment-4315 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:58:07 +0000 http://4029weather.wordpress.com/?p=13343#comment-4315 Glad you were able to view the ISS. Make sure you visit http://www.aoas.org when you have the time. Not sure what you saw. Yours is the only report..sounds interesting though.

Drew Michaels

]]> By: Mike http://4029weather.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/backyard-astronomy-mars-venus-saturn-visible-tonight/#comment-4313 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:16:05 +0000 http://4029weather.wordpress.com/?p=13343#comment-4313 Drew,

Got a great view of the ISS tonight. First time I’ve seen it – moved slower than I was expecting (visible for what seemed like two minutes) and brighter than I expected too.

But I have a question – at 7:55 PM tonight I was driving home almost due west in Bentonville and saw something bigger than Venus or Saturn and it was falling slowly towards the horizon. I got home and had time to grab my cheap binoculars and watch for about 30 seconds before it went below the horizon. Through those glasses is looked like a falling U-shape. I would say it took about 3-5 minutes from the time I saw it at about 45 degrees until it dropped below the horizon. Any idea what that was?

]]> By: john http://4029weather.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/backyard-astronomy-mars-venus-saturn-visible-tonight/#comment-4312 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:38:08 +0000 http://4029weather.wordpress.com/?p=13343#comment-4312 can’t wait too see this.

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